His great advantage lay in his superior intelligence, but even this seemed futile in the face of the enormous weight of numbers that opposed him.
There was no chance to wield a blade in the face of that terrific onslaught, for the whip fell, not with the ordinary force of a man-held lash, but with all the stupendous power of those giant shoulders and arms behind it.
The face of the creature was like the wildest gargoyle that the imagination of a mad medieval builder could have conceived.
The next, from the farther side of the rocky pinnacle before us a swarthy face, the face of Gomez the half-breed, was slowly protruded.
It belongs to a very large, a very strong, and, by all analogy, a very fierce animal which exists upon the face of the earth, but has not yet come under the notice of science.
The beast in him refused to show fear in the face of a death which the man-mind already admitted to be inevitable.
At first I thought it quite hopeless, but I have unquestionably seen, for a single moment, the face that I once knew so well.
Now, let me recommend you," pursued Stryver, "to look it in the face.
Looking his companion full in the face while he drank the toast, Carton flung his glass over his shoulder against the wall, where it shivered to pieces; then, rang the bell, and ordered in another.
But the woman who stood knitting looked up steadily, and looked the Marquis in the face.
Well, you ain't resembling me none, for I'm itching like death to git me fingers in the face of you.
I was thinking from the voice and the faceof you that you wouldn't," said Freckles slowly.
Going without even a 'thank you,' right in the face of all the pains I've taken to make it interesting for him!
The face of McLean was a study; but the honest eyes of the boy were so compelling that he found himself answering: "You are right, Freckles.
But in the face of all opposition, and aided by the yearning for literary liberty that was abroad, the old ballads grew more and more into favor.
Why am I not loth To look that, even that inthe face too?
The Lord Rolf sat and gazed on the lad, and scowled on him; but Christopher saw therein nought but the face of a great lord burdened with many cares; so when he had made his obeisance he stood up fearlessly and merrily before them.
And saith he: "Look ye on the face of this man, and tell me where ye shall find a friend friendlier than he, and more single-hearted?
She was mighty red in the face for a minute, and her eyes lighted up, and it made her powerful pretty.
But again the timidity of the wild thing in the face of human habitation swept over Tarzan of the Apes.
The villagers were worked up into a state of fear bordering on panic, but wise old Mbonga affected to feel considerable skepticism regarding the tale, and attributed the whole fabrication to their fright in the face of some real danger.
She stole a sudden glance at the face close to hers, and then she gave a little frightened gasp.
The minister had grown quite heated and red in the face.
I wasn't afraid of the woman before, but now I don't seem to feel as if I could look her in the face.
His father took his cigarette from his mouth and once more looked his son full in the face.
I guess you thought of that when you saw him, and that's why you couldn't look him in the face.
The bench seemed to be touched by something, she looked round, and a face was bending over her, veiled, but still distinct, the face of the young woman she had seen yesterday.
The face of the woman was frequently turned back, but Farfrae did not whip on the horse.
The face of Mr. Henchard beamed forth a satisfaction that was almost fierce in its strength.
So they don't press him, knowing it would be unbecoming in the face of that: for yer gospel oath is a serious thing.
You have not a day of reckoning staring you in the face.
He had a way of damning people without farther appeal, or of pronouncing them capital company in the face of uncomfortable symptoms, which seemed unworthy of a man whose conscience had been properly cultivated.
A beauty has no faults in her face, the face of a beautiful woman may have faults that only deepen its charm.
He had a chance to look at her full in the face, for she stood a moment in the centre of the room, hesitating, apparently, what she should do, without meeting his eyes.
Some of them he looked complacently enough in the face; from some he averted his head.
What is this miracle by which a woman, even in your arms, may withdraw herself, utterly disappear till what you hold is as inaccessible as the face of a cliff?
Never a shocked expression of the face or exclamation of revolt had warned us; they had been extracting the evidence without our knowing it all this time, and now were studying with the most devout earnestness the matter they had prepared.
We could see where it poured down a narrow vertical cataract from an opening inthe face of the cliff.
I have often groaned at home to see the offensive mess man made inthe face of nature, even though I'm no art sharp, like Jeff.
Do you see those fine lines on the face of the water that branch out like the ribs of a fan.
Chapter 24 My Incognito is Exploded AFTER a close study of the face of the pilot on watch, I was satisfied that I had never seen him before; so I went up there.
Therefore pilots wisely train these cubs by various strategic tricks to look danger in the face a little more calmly.
So he began-- 'Do you see that long slanting line on the faceof the water?
And thus unknown, Pitied nor hated, to the face of peril Myself I'll dedicate.
On either hand thee there are squadrons pitch'd To wall thee from the liberty of flight, And no way canst thou turn thee for redress But death doth front thee with apparent spoil And pale destruction meets thee in the face.
Madam, in Rome I look'd her in the face, and saw her led Between her brother and Mark Antony.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "the face" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
